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West Ward Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

709 West Dean Ave

Killeen TX, 76541, Bell County

Phone: 254-336-1830

Ranking:

(4,460 out of 6,018, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Killeen Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	38		38		39		40		37		38		40
Total Students:	495		529		504		525		472		483		485
Prekindergarten:	70	14.1%	97	18.3%	81	16.1%	103	19.6%	70	14.8%	76	15.7%	75	15.5%
Kindergarten:	91	18.4%	91	17.2%	97	19.2%	72	13.7%	73	15.5%	82	17.0%	78	16.1%
Grade 1:	76	15.4%	88	16.6%	70	13.9%	80	15.2%	84	17.8%	75	15.5%	92	19.0%
Grade 2:	70	14.1%	63	11.9%	77	15.3%	92	17.5%	59	12.5%	73	15.1%	56	11.5%
Grade 3:	58	11.7%	70	13.2%	75	14.9%	61	11.6%	80	16.9%	65	13.5%	72	14.8%
Grade 4:	60	12.1%	66	12.5%	54	10.7%	65	12.4%	54	11.4%	57	11.8%	56	11.5%
Grade 5:	70	14.1%	54	10.2%	50	9.9%	52	9.9%	52	11.0%	55	11.4%	56	11.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	258	52.1%	260	49.1%	257	51.0%	270	51.4%	243	51.5%	251	52.0%	254	52.4%
Female:	237	47.9%	269	50.9%	247	49.0%	255	48.6%	221	46.8%	224	46.4%	227	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	4	0.8%	5	1.1%	1	0.2%	5	1.0%
Asian:	5	1.0%	1	0.2%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%	10	2.1%	15	3.1%	27	5.6%
Hispanic:	188	38.0%	198	37.4%	190	37.7%	178	33.9%	187	39.6%	149	30.8%	137	28.2%
Black:	172	34.7%	169	31.9%	137	27.2%	184	35.0%	136	28.8%	172	35.6%	157	32.4%
White:	82	16.6%	116	21.9%	115	22.8%	110	21.0%	134	28.4%	146	30.2%	159	32.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	5	1.0%	9	1.7%	13	2.6%	11	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	39	7.9%	34	6.4%	44	8.7%	36	6.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	391	79.0%	434	82.0%	397	78.8%	404	77.0%	360	76.3%	351	72.7%	308	63.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	8.9%	30	5.7%	42	8.3%	35	6.7%	41	8.7%	55	11.4%	71	14.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.94		13.95		12.83		12.98		12.91		12.90		12.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	61%	68%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	65%	69%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	74%	76%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%	79%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60%	59%	68%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	47%	64%	68%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	77%	77%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	72%	72%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48%	67%	71%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48%	68%	71%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	78%	77%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	72%	75%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	80%	77%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	78%	77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	74%	73%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72%	69%	73%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	90%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	84%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	76%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	80%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	84%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	92%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	95%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	94%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	94%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74%	83%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83%	85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	79%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	83%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	87%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	100%	87%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	88%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	84%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	86%	N/A
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91%	87%	N/A
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	91%	N/A
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95%	90%	N/A
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83%	89%	N/A
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79%	88%	N/A
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84%	90%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92%	88%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	82%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	91%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	92%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	88%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	93%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94%	93%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	90%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	90%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	92%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	91%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	91%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	94%	N/A
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58%	72%	N/A
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	71%	N/A
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	78%	N/A
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	77%	N/A
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	80%	N/A
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	84%	N/A
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	88%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	87%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	12.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,980.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,037.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,062.0

* West Ward Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.